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It’s time to stop thinking of just five human senses, since neuroscience is revealing we have many more.
The press says yes. But what does the science say? “This isn’t my life anymore, Mulder. I’m done chasing monsters in the dark.” -Dana Scully, X-files Without a doubt, one […]
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Anthony Scaramucci is no angel, but he does choose his words carefully. If you don't evolve along with language, it can be catastrophic for businesses and team dynamics.
This drug combined with antibody therapies could prevent or even cure the neurodegenerative disorder.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. Historian and New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb on interspecies ethics, the limits of civil discourse, and mathematical symmetry as the defining principle of the universe.
Skeptic John Horgan identifies new theories of matter and the universe that reveal human narcissism.
When you see a stranger in some kind of hardship, how do you react? Researchers carried out a rare study in a real-life setting to assess the relationship between empathy and altruism.
They’re the darkest, most massive things in the Universe. How come they have nothing to do with each other? “All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued […]
As John B Judis writes in The Populist Explosion, this sort of uprising has been with us for years.
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Through an incredible anecdote, Earl Lewis demonstrates why STEM can't do it alone. Scientists and humanists needs each other, and institutions have a responsibility to continue to fund and nurture the humanities.
The polls are in, and what will be the deciding factor in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election is something a little more human.
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If Donald Trump's political strategies look familiar, says Tim Wu, it's because we've seen them before. Where? In the totalitarian regimes of China, North Korea, and Germany.
Researchers found what all viruses have in common and created a therapy that should work on any kind, and will outsmart viral mutation.
A new videogame has bad guys that evolve in response to the way you play.
Sean Curry takes aim at the rapidly evolving "gourmet" food industry that is warping our expectations, mindsets and first-world privilege to a scary new level.
Could the Nobel Prize of 2011 have been awarded without cause? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my […]
Physicists discover strikingly similar structures in human cells and neutron stars.
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Theaters today seem like hallowed ground, says Harvard's Diane Paulus, but that's not their natural state. Once, they had the same atmosphere as sport: visceral, alive, and indebted to its audience. How can we get back there?
Every field has its revolutionaries – dance is no different.
As a number of states decide the fate of legalized and medical marijuana next week, John Hudak looks back at the history of public policy.